Jana Shikshan Sansthan (JSS) Sindhudurg
Transcription
Jana Shikshan Sansthan (JSS) Sindhudurg
Jana Shikshan Sansthan (JSS) Sindhudurg • Smallest district on the West Coast of Maharashtra Jana Shikshan Sanstha, Sindhudurg 2 Sindhudurg District • Known for its natural beauty – spectacular waterfalls, beautiful beaches and backwaters • Idyllic tourism destination Jana Shikshan Sanstha, Sindhudurg 3 Sindhudurg District • Has rich natural resources • Is home for the world famous Alphonso mangoes, cashew nuts, coconuts & kokam Jana Shikshan Sanstha, Sindhudurg 4 Despite its richness in natural resources and high literacy rate (100%,) • Sindhudurg still remains one of the backward districts of Maharashtra • 31% of its population still lives below the poverty line. Jana Shikshan Sanstha, Sindhudurg 5 REASONS FOR BACKWARDNESS Fragmented land holding Underemployment Unemployment Unemployability of the “educated” resulting in outmigration • Low or no skills in population / workforce • Lack of access to income generating resources, • • • • Jana Shikshan Sanstha, Sindhudurg 6 Solution • Capacity building through training in skills • Optimum utilization of natural resources • Income generation activities for women and other marginalized groups Jana Shikshan Sanstha, Sindhudurg 7 Background- JSS, Sindhudurg • Since 1968 the scheme has been existing in urban areas as “Shramik Vidyapeeth” • Supported by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, it was meant only for industrial workers” & their families • There was no training institute for illiterates, neo-literates, workers, under-privileged rural masses • Eighty percent of the rural population was thus denied opportunities to generate income Jana Shikshan Sanstha, Sindhudurg 8 Birth of JSS, Sindhudurg • Has the distinction of being the first ever JSS in a rural area in the country • Mr. Suresh Prabhu, then Member of Parliament of the area, diligently pursued the issue of implementing the “Shramik Vidyapeeth” scheme for the rural masses • In April 2000, rural areas were granted a Shramik Vidyapeeth with a new name: ‘Jana Shikshan Sansthan’ (JSS) Jana Shikshan Sanstha, Sindhudurg 9 Core Objectives • Low cost training in demand driven employability skills Development self-employment avenues for utilizing local resources • Literacy and life enrichment education • Women’s empowerment and equality • Health camps • Environmental and AIDS awareness • Entrepreneurship development • Exhibitions of products made by beneficiaries • Street plays on different themes • Population studies • Information about Government schemes Jana Shikshan Sanstha, Sindhudurg 10 JSS focus in on… • Improving the occupational skills & technical knowledge of the neo-literates through skill development programs. • Organizing training and orientation courses for key resource persons and master trainers on designing, development & implementation of skill development programs. • Organizing equivalency programs through the Open Learning System. • Promoting national goals such as secularism, national integration, population and development, women’s equality, protection and conservation of environment. Jana Shikshan Sanstha, Sindhudurg 11 Target Group Preference to SC/ST Women Self Help Group Neo-Literates Youth Physically Challenged Farmers Jana Shikshan Sanstha, Sindhudurg 12 JSS Reach • Presently services eight blocks of Sindhudurg districts • Was also active in three blocks of the neighbouring Ratnagiri, and, • Has also covered few pockets from the Goa state • Has established sub-centres to transports vocational training to the remotest corner of the district Jana Shikshan Sanstha, Sindhudurg 13 Training Offered SERVICES • Tailoring • Beauty and hair care • Nursing assistant • Anganwadi/ balwadi teacher • Wireman • Security guard • Electrical repairs • Welding & fabrication • Air conditioning • Two wheeler repairing • Watch repairing • Hair cutting saloon Jana Shikshan Sanstha, Sindhudurg 14 Trainings Offered PRODUCTS • Coir processing • Bamboo craft • Leather & rexin Bags • Jewellary • Cashew processing • Fishery • Food processing • Bakery & confectionary • Candles & agarbatti • The list is long …... Jana Shikshan Sanstha, Sindhudurg 15 Training Details • Need based training • Courses offered in villages – at the doorstep of beneficiaries • Minimum 15 candidates per batch • Flexible & convenient timings • Use of available resources Jana Shikshan Sanstha, Sindhudurg 16 JSS Sindhudurg Achievements • Has trained more than 58,000 beneficiaries, of which 85% are women • Imparts training in 35 different skills and technical traits Jana Shikshan Sanstha, Sindhudurg 17 JSS Sindhudurg Achievements Every year more Than 2500 beneficiaries are trained Experienced faculty from local area roped in Evaluation by external examiners Certificate to successful candidates Assistance provided for – Marketing of products – Getting loans/subsidies from financial institutes • Several successful candidates earning their livelihood • • • • • Jana Shikshan Sanstha, Sindhudurg 18 TRANSFORMING LIVES Jana Shikshan Sanstha, Sindhudurg 19 Village Gharpi- a JSS Success Story • The village is located in a hilly terrain with no proper roads and transport facilities • The village school gives education only up to the 4th Standard • The closest middle school is at a distance of 6 Km • Getting higher education is Difficult especially for girls • Girls thus stop studying after 4th Standard Jana Shikshan Sanstha, Sindhudurg 20 Village Gharpi • In June 2008, the joy of Seema, Varsha, Ashwini, Vasanti & Darshana, five students from Gharpi village, knew no bounds. • They had achieved the impossible: Passed 8th Standard Examination through National Open School. • The young girls give credit of their achievement to JSS Sindhudurg, which roped in young college students to organize special classes for these girls in a temple premises in the village • College students Yojana & Nayan toiled for almost 2 years, wading their way even through floods, to impart education to these girls • Encouraged by this success, the five girls are now planning to study even more Jana Shikshan Sanstha, Sindhudurg 21 Jana Shikshan Sanstha, Sindhudurg 22 “I passed 12th Standard Examination and got trained as a ‘nursing assistant’ from JSS. I am now working in a private nursing home and earning a decent salary. More importantly, I am self reliant & am also Minakshi Jadhav, 23 helping my family. My Patgaon, District Ratnagiri parents are proud of me. Jana Shikshan Sanstha, Sindhudurg 23 “I was working as a daily wage earner in a hair cutting saloon. I received training from JSS in the same trait. The training improved my skills. I got confidence to started my own saloon in Kudal. I now earn anywhere between RS. 8000 to 10,000/- p.m. I have also employed two assistants.” Jana Shikshan Sanstha, Sindhudurg Babaji Chavan, 26 Years, 8th Pass Village Walaval, District Sindhudurg 24 Success story of Sunita Naik, village Kalmath "I was housewife, and had studied up to Matriculation. JSS taught me how to make soaps, incense sticks and detergent powder. Now I have started my own business in detergent making. I have created my own brand TOP, which is giving tough competition even to the established brands. I am making use of the Self Helf Group network to market my product." Jana Shikshan Sanstha, Sindhudurg 25 Success story of Mr Naresh Kalmethar Kalmethar hails from the fishing community in Malvan. After taking training from JSS, he started his own coir industry. Soon he started producing coir mats and ropes. He now employs over local 60 persons JSS gave Mr. Methar advance training in coir. Mr. Kalmethar expanded his business to include handicrafts, and seashell jewelry. He organized a month long workshop for his craftsmen on seashell jewelry and handicrafts. Immediately after that he started production. . Kalmethar’s offerings- a plethora of coir and seashell handicrafts, which is very much popular all over the world. Mr. Kalmetar is working on creating his own art and crafts centre -Deep Arts n Craft Center. A dream project, te centre is spread over 3 acres of land at Malvan and will be ready within a year. This will be a training, research, production, and marketing centre Awareness Campaigns • • • • • • Health, HIV/AIDS Environment National Integration Equity Rights of Women Government Schemes Jana Shikshan Sanstha, Sindhudurg 32 Literacy • Adult & Continuing Education • Vocational Skills to Women Jana Shikshan Sanstha, Sindhudurg 33 JSS Beneficiaries 10000 9000 8000 7000 6000 8389 Female Beneficiaries 5000 6043 Male Beneficiaries 4000 5363 4409 3000 3827 4328 3673 2000 2469 2107 1000 0 1671 266 2001-02 773 2002-03 917 2003-04 1390 672 2004-05 2343 2005-06 2006-07 547 2007-08 335 314 2008-09 2009-10 Jana Shikshan Sanstha, Sindhudurg 211 2010-11 34 JSS Beneficiaries 1200 1000 874 800 956 898 765 692 600 400 456 435 282 155 0 534 458 200 175 105 Wage Earners 290 185 145 Self Employed 215 135 Jana Shikshan Sanstha, Sindhudurg 187 50 35 Synergy with Other Organisations • Coir Board, Govt. of India, • Netfish • • • • NABARD MITCON MAVIM Dept. of Agriculture, Govt. of Maharashtra • Bank of India • Lupin Foundation • District Rural Development Authority (DRDA) • Industrial Training Institute (ITI) Jana Shikshan Sanstha, Sindhudurg 36 Courses in Demand • • • • • • • • Nursing assistant Tailoring Beautician Bakery and catering Fruit processing Cookery Electrical repair Making coir products Jana Shikshan Sanstha, Sindhudurg 37 Other Initiatives Health check-up camps Women empowerment Capacity building of NGOs, Community mobilization through street plays, poster exhibitions & other activities • Health education • Beneficiaries meet • • • • Jana Shikshan Sanstha, Sindhudurg 38 Moving Ahead • Impart innovative training using natural resources such as – fruit processing (Kokam, Cashew, Mango etc.) • Standardization of products and services • Create marketing channels for products • Employment generation through services • Setting up of infrastructure for advanced training Jana Shikshan Sanstha, Sindhudurg 39 Future Plans • New vocational training courses for the needy • Creating a cadre of master trainers • Capacity building of voluntary organizations • Establishing well equipped training centre on own land Jana Shikshan Sanstha, Sindhudurg 40 MEDIA Jana Shikshan Sanstha, Sindhudurg 41 Thank You Jana Shikshan Sanstha, Sarawate Banglow, Hindu Colony, Kudal, Taluka Kudal, District Sindhudurg, Maharashtra Pin-416 520 Email : jsssindu@gmail.com